Council meetings

Standing Orders

Councils are required by the Local Government Act 2002 to adopt Standing Orders - a set of rules that provide a formal framework for the conduct of local authority meetings. They also outline the Council's agreed principles of behaviour within meetings.

Note(1): The Northern Wairoa Freshwater Improvement Project Working Group sits under the Natural Resources Working Party.Note(2): Note: The membership of the Maori Technical Advisory Group is as follows: J Chetham, P Hohepa, H Murphy, M Norris, N Rameka, R Tautari, B Waitai. For the specific consideration of council’s non-notified consent process and Mana Whakahono a Rohe arrangements; S Hakaraia and F Sadler are co-opted onto the Group (refer council resolution of 20/03/2018).

At the 22 August 2017 council meeting It was resolved:

‘That council endorse the following nominees associated with each working party, noting that only one member will attend any given meeting as the official representative of Te Taitokerau Maori and Council Working Party:

(delegates all necessary authority to represent the council’s interests including but not limited to exercising council’s vote at Annual General Meetings and giving effect to council’s shareholder resolutions)

Chairman Shepherd

Shareholder representative for Northland Inc. Limited

(delegating all necessary authority to represent the council’s interests including but not limited to exercising the council’s vote at Annual General Meetings and giving effect to council’s shareholder resolutions)

Councillor Sinclair

Shareholder representative on Regional Software Holdings Limited

(delegates all necessary authority to represent the council’s interests including but not limited to exercising council’s vote at Annual General Meetings and giving effect to council’s shareholder resolutions)

Chairman Shepherd

Te Au Mārie 1769 Trust

Councillor Yeoman

Upper North Island Strategic Alliance (UNISA)

Chairman Shepherd

Whangārei Public Transport Working Party

Councillors Bain, Dimery and Sinclair

Zone One (LGNZ)

Councillor Bain (Councillors Smart and Yeoman as alternates)

Councillor Remuneration

The Remuneration Authority sets remuneration for elected positions in local government. It also sets the rules for reimbursement of costs met by members in undertaking their duties. Both are unique to each local authority.

The Authority does not set remuneration for Chief Executives of local or regional authorities. That is the responsibility of the local/regional authorities.